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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Najib Koraichi, Schimmert, NL;
Najib Koraichi, Schimmert, NL;
Vodafone Group PLC, Newbury, Berkshire, GB;
Abstract
A computer, such as a Windows-based PC, has associated with it a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), such as of the type used in a GSM or UMTS cellular or mobile telecommunications network. The SIMcan be authenticated with the networkin the same way as for authenticating SIMs of mobile telephone handsets used in the network, and can in this way authenticate the user of the PCor the PCitself. Such authentication can, for example, permit use of the PCin relation to a particular application running on the PC. Challenge and response messages are transmitted between the networkand the SIMvia an authenticator moduleimplemented on the PC. These authentication messages have the predetermined format of an Over The Air (OTA) message, which is also used in GSM or UMTS telecommunications networks to transmit non-authentication messages—for example, SMS messages. The authentication data is encapsulated within OTA messages. The OTA messages are not necessarily transmitted wirelessly (that is, over the air). They may be transmitted via a fixed network; however, they have the predetermined format of OTA messages.